Isaiah 41:2-8

21Who has stirred one from the east Whom He 2calls in righteousness to His 3feet? He 4turns nations over to him And subdues kings. He makes them like 5dust with his sword, Like the wind-driven 6chaff with his bow.3He pursues them, passing on in safety, By a way he had not been 7traversing with his feet.48Who has performed and accomplished it, Summoning the generations from the beginning? ‘9I, the Lord, am the first, and with the last. 10I am He.’”

5The 11coastlands have seen and are afraid; The 12ends of the earth tremble; They have approached and have come.6Each one helps his neighbor And says to his brother, “Be strong!”7So the 13craftsman encourages the 14smelter, And he who smooths metal with the hammer encourages him who beats the anvil, Saying of the soldering, “It is good”; And he fastens it with nails, 15So that it will not totter.8“But you, Israel, 16My servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, Descendant of 17Abraham My 18friend,